Baseball Weekends are Here

 

We got back in town from FL and thirty minutes later, Mickey Mouse and Pops arrived.  

They watched the boys while I worked the next two days.  Of course they were spoiled with donuts for breakfast and whatever they wanted for lunch! 

Mason's teacher sent him a sweet note on Spring Break. 

                                We picked our brackets for March Madness and Brody is ALL IN. 

                                                Even when his bracket is busted on Day 1.  

                          Both boys played that weekend so Mom and Dad were going to see some ball!

                                            John was the head coach for the day on that Saturday. 

                                                Knight waiting to play pool play game #2. 

                                        Brody and I were able to get to Mason's game 2 of the day.  

Unfortunately, we missed game 1 where he was the starting pitcher and did AMAZING.  Mom and Dad were able to see though!  Here he is hitting off of his school friend, Landon on the other team. 

                                                                        After he scored. 

Watching big bro 

                                        We went to our new favorite restaurant, Horizon 76. 

                                        Nothing like chicken and waffles with some s'mores. 

                              This may all look like fun so let me throw in some unfun things.  

Remember that awful winter storm?   Yeah, it killed all the landscaping in TX.  Super fun. 

                                            Back to fun: funnel cake at a cold baseball game at 9am. 

                                                         Dad was clearly here for the food.  Ha. 

                                                                        It was so windy!

                                                  We were able to get to the end of Mason's game. 

                                                                Here he is on second. 

We were playing a GOOD team and winning until the very end.  A couple of errors and they tied it up.  We had to do a CA tie breaker which is SOOOO stressful.  They put my sweet little child in to pitch and it just wasn't a good situation.  They hit a swinging bunt and nothing anyone could do about it.  They tied it up and then Mason walked a batter in to lose the game.  IT WAS AWFUL.  We were super sad for him and John felt awful he threw him out there.  

Mason was super upset, but he got over it quickly.  He should be proud that his coaches and team thought he was the best person to put in there to pitch.  He was been AMAZING all year and he was the person for the job.  We just lost.  We can't always protect our kids from defeat and sometimes its cool to see how well they overcome it.  Spoiler Alert: he pitched amazing the next time he got on the mound.  

                                                                Little brothers watching. 

                                   John has done so well with Mason and pithing, Brody is up next!

                                                            We were back at it this weekend.  

                        Brody had league play Saturday and Sunday and Mason was in a tournament.  

Grandma text me this picture of Gpa and Griff watching Mason's at bat between their games back home.  

                                         I missed Mason's games Saturday while I was with Brody. 

                      I did get this fun picture of one of his teammates after hitting it over the fence. 

                              They were playing in a 12U AA tournament and Mason started the first game. 

And boy was he awesome.  He pitched two innings, 20 pitches, 3 strikeouts, 6 up - 6 down, no hits or runs.  They had to pull him after his two innings so he would be allowed to pitch Sunday.  Happy I was able to watch on GameChanger. 

                                                                Happy after Game 1. 

                             They did lose Game 2 but they were ready to bounce back Sunday. 

                                                        And he was happy to get the W.  

                                                    Ready for a fun Sunday of ball. 

                                                Brody and I were able to go to game 1. 

He is playing a lot of left field but also third. 

                                                                        Little brothers 

                                                Mason fielding the bunt (and a little fall after). 

                                      They got the win and were headed to the championship game. 

                                     Brody and I had to leave for his games and missed it. 

                                                        Winner winner chicken dinner. 

 Mason started the championship game and did sooooo great.  He was able to pitch 3 entire innings and left the game tied 2-2.  We were able to finally get more runs on the board and ended up winning the game 6-2.   They were so pumped. 

                                         (And thankfully, one of the Mom sent me some pictures.)

                                                        Pretty sure he is saying "Let's Go"!

John and Mason were able to get to Brody's last game. 

(What a long day)

Last event of the day: met up with Mason's teammates for dinner. 

                                                                    Shirts v. Skins. 

It was a loooong day.  Left the house at 10 and home at 9:15 going nonstop BUT I wouldn't change it for the world.  It was a GREAT day and those Bags should be proud!!!  (Not to mention, Brody's team went 4-0 for the weekend.)